Improvement in curtain-fixtures



; arena-sw FREDERICK GuPEOBLE, OF N W YORK. NLFY.

Letters Patent No. 107,956, dated October 4, 1870 antedated September1o, 1s70.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

The Schedule referred. tojn To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, FREDERICK G, PEOBLE, ofthe eityof New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in'Ourtain-Fixturesfl and I do hereby declare the following to be a fulldescription ofthe same, refereneeibeiri'g had to the annexeddrawingmaking part of this specification. t

Figure l isa front view. Q Frgure'2 is'a side vie'w..- Figures 3 and 4,modifications of my invention.

My intention i's'an iiriproved device for holding and tightening theacids of roller curtains, and consists of v a p1ate,a-, made either ofstamped or cast metal, serrated, or provided with a series'of notches,b, the ohject of which will he explained hereafter, and holes 0,

to screw it to the side ofthe. window; r

Rivoted to the plate a, bythelarge-headedrivet d, is a slotted arm, e,whichjcarries the pulley it, around" which the cord 9 runs these LettersPatent and making part of-tlie same.

It is also provided with a pin, fifor the purpose of catching in thenotches b.

When the device is fixed 'inplace, and the cord-g passed over the pulleyIt, all that is necessary'to get the right tension on the-cordqis tomove the slotted arm edown and pass the pin f into the required notch.

1 do not wish to confine myself to any particular i shape, as there areseveral ways in which myinven tion may be made; for ill-stance, henotches b may" he on a curved line, as shown at fig. or made in thecenter of the plate a, as shown at fig, I

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The slotted arm 1:, provided with a ping]; in combination with theserrated or notched plate a,.made substantially as described.

Witnesses: a FREDERICK erPEoBLE;

A J OHN R. MARSTON,

ALFRED SHEDLOGK.

